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W.G. RAOUL; Oar Axle Box. No. 238,610. Patented March 8,1881.

WITNESSES flz/a/zq 4 INVBNTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

NPETERS. IYIQOTD-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. RAOUL, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

CAR-AXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,610, dated March 8,1881.

Application filed December 22, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. RAoUL, of Macon, in the county of Bibband State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Axle Box, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an axle-box for car-journalsof such design and arrangement as to dispense with the use of the wedgeor key heretofore used over the journal-brass, and to dispense with thebutton or collar heretofore used on the ends of the axle to receive theend-thrust also, to provide the axle-box with a close-fittin g lid orcover that can be opened and closed easily and quickly.

The invention consists of a lid or cover hung to the lower edge of theouter end ot'the axle-box, having on its inner face a boss that, whensaid lid or cover is closed, serves to receive the end-thrust or endbearing of the axle; and it consists, further, of a stirrup or shacklepivoted on the sides of the axle-box, and designed to be turned downover the closed cover or lid to hold it firmly in a closed position andkeep the boss against the thrust of the axle.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the axle-box. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of the same with axle in position on line y y,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical end elevation on line .70 as, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the axle -journal, and B theaxle box, the top of which, on the inside, is shaped to correspond withthe back of the journalbrass O, and has dowi'iward-projecting lips orshoulders a a, that serve as stops to said brass 0, thus dispensing withthe usual wedge or stop-key.

D is the cover or lid, hung by a pivot, b, to the lugs 0 c, that areformed at the lower side of the front of said box B, so that said coverD opens downwardinstead of upward, as usual. On the inside of the coverD, and about in .the center thereof, is a projecting boss, D, ofsuitable size and form to take against the end of the axle A, andconstitute the endthrust bearing thereof. This boss D may be an integralpart of the cover D, or may be attached thereto, and it may be facedwith antifriction metal, if desired.

(Model) It will be seen that by having a boss, D, for each end. of theaxle A to bear against the usual button or collar on the end of the axlemay be dispensed with.

When the cover D is opened the boss or bearin g D moves with it, andthus ample space is given for the insertion of oil and packing withinthe box B.

On the outer face of the cover I), along its sides, are formed thesloping ribs cl d, whose purpose is hereinafter explained.

On the sides of the box B are projecting lugs ff, on which is pivotedthe stirrup or shackle E, that is swung down in a horizontal positionover the cover-D to hold the latter tightly closed, the said stirrup Etaking on the sloping ribs d, so as to draw and hold the cover firmly,and the cover D is released by raising the stirrup E. The lugs are setin the plane of the longitudinal axis of the axle A, and the stirrup E,when pressed down, is on the same line, so that the cover D and boss Dare held securely against the end-thrust of the axle A, the stirrup Ereceiving the strain or thrust directly.

F represents the dust-guard, and at G is the seat for theequalizing-bar.

It will be seen that the end-thrust bearing of the axle in this deviceis much stronger and more unyielding than the ordinary stop key andplate, and that by hinging the cover at the lower instead of at theupper edge of the box-opening the interior of the box is more easily andconveniently gotten at.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the axle A, of thebottom-pivoted cover D, provided with the projecting boss D, arranged toabut against the end of the journal of said axle, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination, with the bottom-hinged cover D, having sloping ribsd on the outside, of the stirrup E, pivoted on the sides of box B tolugs f, in a horizontal plane passing through the axis of the journal,as described.

W. G. BAOUL.

Witnesses:

GEo. D. WALKER, O. SEneWIoK.

